Adam4868
Guru
Top 10 at the Vuelta ?
Tour De France 2021 with spoilers
- Thread starter roadrash
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BalkanExpress
Legendary Member
- Location
- Brussels
Different times, buying races was a part of racing probably up until at least the mid 1980s if not later all the way from local Kermesses to monuments (the former was understandable, the latter unforgivable, looking at you Vino)
As Roger de Vlaeminck. Once said “ a great champion may buy a race but he will never sell one”
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
I doubt he will ever get his former form back TBH , much as i hope he will i think any hope of a high GC is unlikely ,i hope he proves me wrong of course
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roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
That could have been written by me...
The fact that he is even on a bike is testament to his character , but to come back from that and anyone expect him to be the same is madness.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
indeed i dont doubt his determination , like Cav he believes which can bring you back but is his body capable ?
BalkanExpress
Legendary Member
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- Brussels
The full comments are much more matter of fact and the overal tone is a relaxed “not worried if I lose this record I have plenty of others” . For his part Cav, who is obsessive about the sport, has said similar about there being no comparison between the two.
Yes, it is being risked of being blown out of all proportion. Nobody that knows cycling is comparing the two.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
indeed work mate was on about it cus he knows im into cycling ans he doesnt get it it like comparing a bowler to a batsman in cricket i guess both play the same game but have different overall aims
BalkanExpress
Legendary Member
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- Brussels
Bouhanni among those already 5 minutes down. If he misses the cut it makes Cav’s job a little easier.
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roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
hoopdriver
Guru
- Location
- East Sussex
Yes, but instead of talking about himself he could always have offered his congratulations to Cav for his remarkable achievement and left it at that. He could have recognised that not everything has to be about him.
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
Tired legs out there today, its a beast of a race alright 
There's that, but I've already heard it perhaps sniffily said that Cavendish is only winning/in green because he's 'best of who is left'... as if that somehow diminishes his efforts. Like Merckx above, it seems it can be difficult for some people to simply offer congratulations.
